VENICE — He lay prostrate for three to four minutes on the hard floor in front of the altar in Epiphany Cathedral’s sanctuary in Venice as prayers of a litany were chanted — all to become a priest.

Leszek Trojanowski was taking the final step on a long journey toward priesthood. The Most Rev. Frank J. Dewane, Bishop of the Diocese of Venice, administered the final rite of passage July 19 during a solemn ordination ceremony.

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